Melosira moniliformis var. octogona (Grunow) Hustedt 1927

Publication Details
Melosira moniliformis var. octogona (Grunow) Hustedt 1927: 238

Published in: Hustedt, F. (1927). Fossile Bacillariaceen aus dem Loa-Becken in der Atacama-Wüste, Chile. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 18(2): 224-251, 1 figure, plates 7-9.

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Publication date: 1927

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melosira is Melosira nummuloides C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Melosira borreri var. octogona Grunow

Type Information
Type locality: Caspian Sea; Baku Harbor; Java. On Vaucheria javanica; Zollinger no. 2447; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), moniliform, cylindrical but contracted at regular intervals like a string of beads (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 31 January 2006 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 28 July 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024

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